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WILD SPAIN. 



yet not advance beyond the tawn}^ or " piebald " stages. 

 Good luck and long life to this dear old man, whose 

 cheery face and voice and ready guitar have Ijeen the 

 life and soul of our camp on some wild nights in the 

 sierra ! 



SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE. (Adult Male, shot May 6th, 1883.) 



This discovery leaves the position thus : — The Spanish 

 Imperial Eagle docs breed indiscriminately, whether in the 

 typical adult livery of black and white, or in any of the various 

 stages of mottled and piebald. But we are still entitled to 



